What’s More Fun Than Bottle Cap Bugs?! Kids can make these cute critters from bottle caps and pipe cleaners. Add a magnet and let them crawl up the fridge!
Materials
Bottle cap
Plaid Folk Art Enamels: Turquoise, Licorice, Engine Red, Yellow Citron
Black pipe cleaner cut into three 4” pieces
2 googly eyes, 8mm
Craft glue
2 squares of mounting tape, 1/2”
3/4” flat button
Steps
1. Paint bottle cap turquoise. Let dry. Paint half of bottle cap black. Decorate turquoise part with black dots or strips. Place bottle cap on aluminum-foil coverd cookie sheet and bake at 300 degrees for 30 minutes to cure the paint.
2. Glue eyes to bottle cap on black section.
3. Fold pipe cleaners into legs. Press a piece of mounting tape into bottom of bottle cap. Stick center of legs to the mounting tape. Cover with second piece of moutning tape. Place button on top.
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